Speed cameras are a scam

I don't mind the cameras on city streets and in front of schools, but when they put them on major roads like I-695 and I-95 and then say it's to protect the highway construction workers, that excuse becomes a lie ("Something's wrong with Baltimore's speed cameras," Sept. 14).

Instead, they are there for the greedy Maryland government. All my tickets happened before the workers came on duty, and I never received one while they were on duty, even though I was traveling at the same rate of speed.

Most of these workers are protected by a concrete wall except for those picking up trash, etc., where there are no cameras. Yet these are the ones who need protection most. This shows that the cameras are just a scam to raise revenues.

Before it was shut down over reports of widespread errors, Baltimore ran by far the largest speed camera program in the state and one of the largest in the nation. It generated a lot of tickets and a lot of revenue for the city — so much so that officials were fighting over what to do...

Isn't it amazing how the courts have found that speed cameras are a safety feature and not an un-mandated nuisance tax, yet The Sun finds the news in the loss of revenue instead of the great job they are doing in slowing down traffic and clogging up the streets of Annapolis with bumper to...

A Baltimore City Council investigative committee looking into the city's problem-plagued speed- and red light-camera program has discovered what should have been obvious all along: That the now suspended system was far too big to be managed efficiently, that it was set up too quickly by the...

I have followed The Sun's investigation of Baltimore's speed and red light cameras from the beginning and believe a desire for a back door tax is what is driving Baltimore's concern and not protecting the poor innocent school children they claim when defending the constitutionality of such laws...

I enjoyed your recent article on the statistics regarding pedestrian accidents during and after the use of speed cameras ("Even with speed cameras off, no pedestrians injured in school zones," Dec. 19).

I really wish I was in the speed camera consulting business in Baltimore right now, as I could make a killing ("City takes step toward new speed camera program Feb. 5). Why is this whole speed camera debacle turning into such a surreal comedy? One answer might be that there is such a total...